B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 42-97366

History of
B-17 42-97366

Delivered Cheyenne 23/2/44; Oklahoma City 6/3/44; Dow Fd 28/4/44; Assigned 398BG Nuthampstead 1/5/44; no ops, transferred 413BS/96BG [MZ-D] Snetterton 3/5/44; Missing in Action Fallersleben 20/6/44 with Howard Seefurth, Co-pilot: Wylie Wyatt, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Tom Elmore, Radio Operator: John Gabri, Waist gunner: John Pepper,Tail gunner: Joe Liptak (6 Killed in Action); Navigator: Chas Harris, Bombardier: Claude Kilps, Ball turret gunner: Paul Whitestone, Waist gunner: Ben Aquinaldo (4 Prisoner of War); flak, crashed Letzlingen Forest, seven miles SE of Gardelegen, 25 miles NW of Magdeburg, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 5895.

Last updated: 24. January 2018